Read Exodus 17:1-7
17 The whole Israelite community left the
desert of Sin, moving from one place to another at the command of the Lord. They made camp at Rephidim, but
there was no water there to drink. 2They complained to Moses and said,
“Give us water to drink.”
Moses
answered, “Why are you complaining? Why are you putting the Lord to the test?”
3 But
the people were very thirsty and continued to complain to Moses. They said,
“Why did you bring us out of Egypt? To kill us and our children and our
livestock with thirst?”
4 Moses
prayed earnestly to the Lord
and said, “What can I do with these people? They are almost ready to stone me.”
5 The Lord said to Moses, “Take some of the
leaders of Israel with you, and go on ahead of the people. Take along the stick
with which you struck the Nile. 6I will stand before you on a rock at
Mount Sinai. Strike the rock, and water will come out of it for the people to
drink.” Moses did so in the presence of the leaders of Israel.
7 The
place was named Massah and Meribah,q because the Israelites
complained and put the Lord to the
test when they asked, “Is the Lord
with us or not?”
Think
God has provided for the
Israelites – he is leading them out of slavery; but in the wilderness they
thirst and they begin to complain instead of trust. They ask, “Is the LORD with us or not?”
Pray
God, remind me that you are
with me in everything I do today.
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